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Oct 28, 2011 · As the Eisenhower era draws to a close, journalist Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) decides he's had enough of New York and takes a job in Puerto Rico.
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Oct 26, 2011 · Based on the novel by. Hunter S. Thompson. In the early 1960s, after he had discovered booze but before he had stumbled across drugs, the young Hunter S. Thompson got an uncertain start in journalism.
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Oct 28, 2011 · 1h 59m. IMDb RATING. 6.1 /10. 108K. YOUR RATING. Rate. POPULARITY. 4,548. 875. Play trailer 2:31. 16 Videos. 99+ Photos. Comedy Drama. American journalist Paul Kemp takes on a freelance job in Puerto Rico for a local newspaper during the 1960s and struggles to find a balance between island culture and the expatriates who live there. Director.
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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 51% based on 169 reviews, with a rating average of 5.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "It's colorful and amiable enough, and Depp's heart is clearly in the right place, but The Rum Diary fails to add sufficient focus to its rambling source material."
Oct 28, 2011 · The Rum Diary adaptation, for anyone loosely familiar with the book, follows the fictional character (and journalist) Paul Kemp as he tires of his life in New York and travels to San Juan, Puerto Rico to work as a reporter (Thompson also worked as a San Juan journalist during the 1960s).